Wenn der Sommer nicht mehr weit ist English translation
von Konstantin Wecker

When the summer isn't far away anymore

1) I'd like to combine two songs now
An old song and a new one
Two songs dealing with the summer
My favourite subject
I hope we'll feel quite warm when we hear it

2) One year ago I've got
The dreadful sobering thought
of counting the rest of my time
Not in years, but in my dearly beloved summers
So, still 30 years of life is one thing
But just 30 summers, that's a horrible thought
So limited, countable
So please listen first to the optimistic version
About the adolescent years


3) When summer isn't far away anymore
And the sky is purple
I know that my time has come
Because the world then will be wide again
Rich and immensely fat

4) When the summer isn't far away anymore
And the air tastes earthy
It does'nt matter whether you are smart
It's important that you are prepared
And you don't hide your skin anymore

5) Then I'll do what I want to do at last
You'll never get too much to enjoy, don't you see?
But you mustn't be lazy and shouldn't rest
Because enjoying was never an easy game

6) When the summer isn't far away anymore
And the sky is an opal
I know it'll be my time
Because the world then will be like a woman
And the desire won't taste stale anymore

7) When my end won't be far away
The beginning was already done
Because it won't be a little thing then
If it was just a waste of time
Which you spent with yourself


(Wiederholung Vers 5 und 3)